Open AccessAnesthesia for Tracheal or Bronchial Foreign Body Removal in Children: An Analysis of Ninety-Four Cases
Author(s) -
Ronald S. Litman,
Jyothsna Ponnuri,
Igor Trogan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1097/00000539-200012000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , foreign body , bronchus , foreign body removal , incidence (geometry) , foreign body aspiration , bronchoscopy , ventilation (architecture) , left main bronchus , surgery , lung , respiratory disease , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
This report is a description of the ventilation techniques used in 94 children undergoing general anesthesia for foreign body removal of the bronchus. No particular technique was found to be associated with a greater incidence of adverse outcomes.